Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Third Christmas Day
Luke 2:13-14 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
GOD'S ETERNAL SON
To the shepherds keeping watch over their flock in the fields near Bethlehem, the angel of the Lord announced the birth of the Savior. We know that this Savior is none other than the promised Prophet, Priest, and King -- the Christ promised to Adam and Eve and the fathers of the Old Testament.
The day of salvation, the time for the fulfillment of Jehovah's gracious promises to all believers of the Old Testament, has arrived. In the manger in Bethlehem lies a little babe wrapped in swaddling clothes. This babe is different from all other human babies. He is God's eternal Son, born a true man of the Virgin Mary. The eternal majestic God has taken upon Himself the form of true man, in order to redeem all men from sin and eternal separation from the God of love.
Daily we need to increase in knowledge and appreciation of the good tidings of great joy, which God revealed through the giving of Jesus as the Redeemer from our sins, death, and eternal punishment. By this gift God made known His good will toward men; namely, that the sacrificial life and blood of this God-man shall remove the guilt of all men. By the forgiveness of sins through this gift of the Christ-child, God restores peace between Himself and the sin-cursed human race.
